DTVHINDIIPL 2025: Ben Stokes will withdraw his name from the mega auction, big reason revealed
Ben Stokes (Image Source: BCCI-IPL) England Test captain Ben Stokes is probably planning to withdraw his name from the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega-auction to give greater priority to England’s Test cricket. He did not name his name in the IPL 2024 auction to focus on the Ashes. Star all-rounder Stokes played his last IPL match in 2023. Stokes played only two matches for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) that season. CSK had bought Stokes in the auction for a huge amount of Rs 16.25 crore but he could not play most of the matches due to injury. Now once again Stokes can withdraw his name from IPL to focus on the upcoming series of England. Ben Stokes can now withdraw his name from the mega auction of IPL 2025 According to The Telegraph report, Stokes not being named in the IPL 2025 mega auction means that he is considering focusing completely on white-ball cricket. He last played T20 International in the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia. However, the 33-year-old all-rounder returned in the ODI World Cup 2023 after retiring from ODI cricket. He has indicated to play ODI again. Ben Stokes has a very busy schedule in 2025. England are scheduled to play home and away Test series against India and Australia in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27 cycle. As an all-rounder, it is very important to manage Stokes’ workload. He has recently made a comeback after injury. In such a situation, it is very important for the England team to remain fit. The 33-year-old player has played 43 IPL matches so far and has scored 974 runs and taken 28 wickets at an average of 34.79 and economy of 34.79 respectively. The last date of registration for IPL Mega Auction is Sunday (November 3). One reason for Stokes’ withdrawal from the auction is also believed to be the special rules of BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) for foreign players.
IND vs ENG 2024: Kevin Pietersen’s reaction went viral on Virat Kohli’s decision to withdraw from the first two Test matches against England
The Indian senior selection committee will soon announce Virat Kohli’s replacement. Virat Kohli and Kevin Pietersen. (Photo Source: Twitter) England’s tour of India 2024, IND vs ENG: Former England captain Kevin Pietersen (Kevin Pietersen) Virat Kohli before the first two Test matches of the five-match Test series against England starting from January 25 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad (Virat Kohli) have come out in support of the former Indian captain after his decision to step down. Kevin Pietersen took to social media platform ‘X’ to express his support for Virat Kohli and urged people to ‘respect’ the decision of Team India’s batting superstar. Kevin Pietersen wrote in a post in support of Virat Kohli without mentioning his name on X: “If a player withdraws from the series due to personal reasons, respect him! The matter is over!” See here Kevin Pietersen’s X post for Virat Kohli If a sportsman pulls out for personal reasons, RESPECT IT! End of! — Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) January 22, 2024 Meanwhile, Virat Kohli had requested the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to withdraw from the first two Test matches against England citing personal reasons and the board accepted the star batsman’s request. The Indian senior selection committee will soon announce Kohli’s replacement. Read here: BCCI’s NAMAN Awards is returning after four years; These two Indians will get special honor The BCCI also urged Indian fans to “respect Virat Kohli’s privacy during this time and refrain from speculating on his personal reasons” and to support the “Indian cricket team as it prepares for the upcoming challenges in the Test series”. . India’s squad for the first 2 test matches against England: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj. , Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Avesh Khan. Virat Kohli out, see India’s playing XI for the first test against England Those 5 Indian players who have scored centuries in all three formats Top 5 captains who hit most sixes in all formats of cricket These 7 cricketers have married more than once IPL 2024: Rajasthan Royals will win the second trophy on the basis of these 11 players Top 10 batsmen who hit most sixes in super over in T20I history 5 Indian batsmen who have been run-out the most number of times in T20Is IPL 2024: Pat Cummins will captain..! Know SRH’s playing XI Top 4 partnerships of T20I cricket from India 5 Australian players who scored the fastest 4 thousand test runs
